Be sure to use the OK language for when rent is late, late fees and other rules that are often dictated by state law.  

Now that i am out of the military working in a new W2 career, i am trying to get back into the RE investing and actually understand how to invest more appropriately and correctly compared to just purchasing houses that i would like to live in...Currently i have about 80k saved up for my next investment deal and just feel like im coming up short on anything even coming close to 1% rule, so to see if there are ways to invest it, i figured i would ask the public how they would go about investing the money, because i am always up for learning something new.If possible, could you throw a quick example or maybe a short answered deal you could possibly go buy today in your own market to get an idea...I am currently searching up to 2hrs from the Tampa, FL area.

As a general rule a complete rehab when you're replacing everything in my market is going to run an inexperienced investor $42 a sqft.

The benefit is that you can choose pretty much anything to invest in as long as you follow the IRS rules. 

@Robyn Knox, if you're interested in upgrading to Pro, you can contact support for help with that.

Can you provide details that the building was zoned for multifamily in previous zoning overlay ( this will help support the case)?

Follow the rules and put everything in writing and you should be good to go.

After sending all the information they wanted, w-2, taxes, etc; they said my properties did not meet 1.2 rule, which they do. 

What metric or ratio does everyone use to determine how much primary house to buy (rules of thumb)? 

The tentative numbers are as follows.So, my goals were to attain between the 1.5% and the 2% rule.